Middle English Dictionary Entry
nīnthe num.
Entry Info
| Forms | nīnthe num. Also nineth(e, neinthe, neinethe, neienthe, ninteth, nineinthe & niethe, nithe, neghed, (early) niȝethe, niȝothe, nigethe, nihethe, nihȝethe, noeȝthe, neiȝd, (infl.) niȝodan & niend, nind(e, neind, nend, neinind, neint, ninte, nent(e, nighend, neghend(e, neighend, neȝende, niȝente, neghent, nihend, neuent, (early) niȝende, niȝhende. |
| Etymology | OE nigoþa, nigend. Many forms show influence of ME nīn num. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ordinal number as adj.: ninth.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)2/19 : Ða sende he forð all þæt ferd & him sylf þer wunode oð ða niȝodan tid þæs dæȝes.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)14/13 : Ða on þam niȝoðe dæȝe, þa sende him roxilus his boden to.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)115 : [Þ]e nihȝeðe unþeau is þet þe king beo unrihwis.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)342 : Þe brode strate..lat þe nieðe [vrr. niȝeðe, niȝende] dal to helle.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)121/5 : Þe Niheðe [Nero: nieðe] confort is þet, ȝef þe feond..greueð þe sare, þu greuest him hwen þu edstondest hundret siðe sarre.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)65 : Al my cun i fursake, to þe niþe [vr. neiȝd] cne.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)269/277 : Þane nynþe [vr. niþe] day of Aueril þis Miracle was i-do.
- c1300 SLeg.Swithin (Hrl 2277)91 : Þis Egdgar was þe noeȝþe kyng þat after Adelbert com.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1545 : Hit bygan at non and ffor-to þe nyeþe tyde ylaste.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5460 : King edward, þe niþe [vrr. nynþe; nynteth] ȝer of is kinedom, Þe castel made of hereford.
- c1325 Ipotis (BodPoet c.3)116/547 : Þe nyþe [vr. nynte] resoun is fol goud.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)96/321 : Þe neȝende heste þe for-bed Þat wyl to lecherye And to spousbreche.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)10/21 : Þe neȝende heste is þellich: þou ne sselt naȝt wylni þine neȝybores wyf.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2265 : Þe nyghend [vr.nyend] day efter, hame come he To Ierusalem.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 17.6 : Þe nyneþe ȝeer forsoþe of osee, þe kyng of assiries tooc Samarie.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 25.1 : It is don forsoþe þe neyneþe ȝeer of his regne.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 25.3 : Þe cite is closed & palid vn to þe elleuenþe ȝeer of king Sedechie, þe nyneynþe dai of þe moneþ.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.27.45 : Sothely fro the sixte hour dercnissis ben maad on al the erthe, til to the nynethe hour.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1379 : The nynthe sterre faire and wel Be name is hote Alaezel.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1283 : Aries..in the nynthe speere considered is.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)109b/a : Sagittario, þat is þe nynthe signe.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2903 : The nynþe comaundment..Ys coueyt nat þy neghbours þyng.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26686 : Þe nend point þou vnderstand, þat scrifte agh selden be wreiand.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29314 : Þe neent [Glb: nighend] case o þis cursing: Qua selles or bies o gastli thing.
- c1400(1375) Canticum Creat.(Trin-O 57)1006 : On þe neghende day þere was he.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.382 : Hector ay dide his besynes Þe nynþe warde in ordre for to dres.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.681 : This longe tyme he dryveth forth right thus, Til fully passed was the nynthe [vr. nynnte] nyght.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4790 : Þe neghend day, gret erthedyn sal be.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)14/21 : Sain benet spekis..of þe nihend degrece o mekenes.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)130b/b : And ȝif þer be enye..hardenesse in þe place aftir þe nynþe daye, enoynte þe place wiþ þis oynement.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)141a/b : Þe nyneþe cause is þat ȝif þe surgene..leue eiþer heir oþer pouder in þe wounde.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)14/8 : At þe nynde moneth end a voice come to him.
- ?c1430(c1383) Wycl.Leaven Pharisees (Corp-C 296)12 : Þei breken þe neynþe maundement of god.
- c1440(a1349) Rolle 10 Com.(Thrn)12/19 : The nynde commandement es, Thow sall noghte couayte.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1051 : The neyntt degre to ald & ȝong Es þat vs aw to ȝem our tong.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)p.131 head. : Neynt Boke.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1608 : I putte the nowe in subieccioun..And thine ospringe alle affter the Til ye come to the nyneth degre.
- c1450 Okure þrow (Eg 2810)p.231 : Þe neghed maner of okure I fynde Þat mas some mens conciens blynde.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)10/29 : The nente article es that the sacramente of the auter confirmeth the repentawnte..and susteynez hym.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)p.682 head. : A confirmacion of Boneface the nynthe, grauntyng, [etc.].
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)49a/a : Also þe sunne regneþ eftsones in his owne day in þe nynþe hour.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)502 : Thus Sydrak in prisoun lay Til it was þe nynthe day.
- a1500 SLeg.Pass.(Vsp A.3)59 : About þe neghent oure of þe day, Our lord loude gon cry.
- a1500 St.Brendan Conf.(Lamb 541)16/274 : I, as a rebel and vnkynde child..haue broke þin nyneþe heest.
2.
Ordinal number as noun: the ninth article, book, bishopric, commandment, month, sign, etc.; the ninth part of something [quot.: PMor.].
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4488 : Þe firrste bodeword wass sett Þurrh Godd..Þe niȝhennde wass sett þurrh Godd Acc all forr þine nede.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)137 : His michelnesse was unhiled on ten fold wise..þe nigeðe is þat þe heuenliche þremnesse was mid him.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)102/25 : Þe Niheðe [Nero: niȝeðe] is contumace.
- a1300 Hundreds Engl.(Jes-O 29)21 : On engle londe syndon..þreottene byscopryche..þe Nyeþe on Baþun.
- a1300 PMor.(Jes-O 29)336 : Lete we þeo brode stret..Þat lat þe nyeþe [Trin-C: nieðe dal] to helle of folke.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)617 : Þe Ninþe [vr. niþe] was þat peteres panes..Þe pope nere nouȝt on i-send.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)49/3 : Þe neȝende is of þe manne mid þe kenne of his wyue.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.189 : Þe foundement of þe Cite is anoured of alle manere preciouse stones; Þe first foundement is Iasper..þe eiȝtteþ Beryl, þe nynþe Topas.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)54/232 : The neynd is, that we noght yerne our neghtebur house.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Kings (Bod 959)61 : Þe eyȝteþe [book is] Esdras..þe nynþe Ester.
- c1390 Mirror St.Edm.(1) (Vrn)943 : Þen schaltou wite..þe xij Articles of þe fei..Þe Niþe is..Þat in god is þe holygost.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)125a/b : The Enleuenþe moneþ is Nouembre and hath þat name for he is þe nynþe aftir rayny tyme.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22579 : The neinind [Frf: nyend; Phys-E: neynd] sal be cruel and kene.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23258 : viij [read: viiij] paines principale es þar..Firend bandes es þe nind [Göt: niend; Trin-C: nynde; Phys-E: niinde].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29470 : Oft man falls cursing in..O þaa cases we find elleuen..Þe neuent [Glb: nighend] es for þin aun pruu.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.312 : Pouerte is þe first poynte..The nyneth [vrr. nythe; nyȝente; C: nyethe] is swete to þe soule.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1012 : As Jhon þise stonez in writ con nemme, I knew þe name after his tale..Þe topasye twynne-how þe nente endent.
- (1421) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.9 : Geuen in..þe ȝer kynge Henre fift efter þe conquest of jngland þe neuent.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)3988 : Men may of ten þinges rede Þat touches þe grete day of drede..Þe neghend, of al men aftir þai haf wroght, Of wilk som sal be demed.
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)127 : The neyghend is: thi neghbur hous sal thou noȝt coueit.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.RMArticles (Corp-C 296)220 : Cristene men preien..þat þei assenten to þis fewe treuþis..þe neyenþe, þat þei setten more prise bi þe..ordynaunce.
- c1440(?c1350) Mirror St.Edm.(4) (Thrn)29/21 : Here sall þou wyte whilke are þe twelue artycles of þe trouthe..Þe nynde es þe Sacrament of þe Auter.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)230/34 : The nente is when eny man louez tho thynges that plesen god.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)76/116 : The nynte is a childely fer.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)115/35 : The nynghe [chapter] specyfyith þe hyndrauns þat folow carnal appetytis; The tenthe is of þe wysdam of a kyng.
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